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Jimmy Garoppolo, George Kittle, eight other 49ers to have own podiums during Super Bowl LIV Opening Night
Jan 25, 2020 at 3:12 PM
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The San Francisco 49ers are scheduled to touch down in Miami on Sunday around 7:10 p.m. ET. The next day (Monday) will be Super Bowl Opening Night, a media frenzy that features podiums set up for several players of each team. The 49ers' session kicks off at 9:00 p.m. ET (6:00 p.m. PT), after the completion of the one held for the Kansas City Chiefs, and will feature the following ten players, along with head coach Kyle Shanahan, with podiums of their own, according to
NBC Sports Bay Area.
Of that list, Garoppolo, Sanders, Staley, and Sherman have previously been to Super Bowls with just the latter three having played in the big game.
The 49ers' full schedule for the week leading to Super Bowl LIV against the Chiefs can be
found here.
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